RJ - MINT review!

RJ - you never cease you amaze me.

Great write up, and from what i've seen this season, and at state champs (and easter) your on the money!!

Looks to be a great tournament.

Girls comp thoughts are coming too?

Yes they are

Great work again RJ - By the looks of it I'd say your bang on the money!!

Ooooo each PREview gets better and more detailed.

Nothing less than what I expected from you RJ! Just gets better and better.

I like your style.

history suggests that RJ is being a bit optimistic by suggesting 3 SA sides will make the top 8. i would say we will be lucky to have 2. the tigers should get there, and sturt may get in....i dont think forestville will be up to it.

johno - if you recall the easter carnival, forestivlle took Melbourne to OT. Melbourne (were at the time, not sure if they still are) to only undefeated team in Vic 18's. That only shows forestville have the talent to compete.

i agree that they can compete, but i dont think they are good enough to be in the top 8. they may have had one good game against the tigers (melb), but i dont think they are travelling that well at the moment. just my opinion....i guess we weill know in a couple of days time. can we get updates from the classics on here at all....any chance??

Id be surprised if an Adelaide team could finish higher than 7th.I hope im wrong but this SA age group is no where near as strong as what SA teams have been in the past years. Sturt may be the best chance, but only because they have a big man in Dodman to compete on the boards.You need more than talent to win at the Classics. Will be a tough weekend for all Adelaide teams. Hopefully a couple will sneak into the top 8 and possibly win a quarter final to finish top 4

southern top 4?!?!

I didnt think theyd scrape in for top 8, and then they did and i saw the game against forestville and thought dam!

Congratulations to forestville on coming 5th i hear where did southern end up 7th or 8th?

woodville 16th west 14th howd norwood and sturt end up

that will be sadly woodvilles last boys entry to the classics for atleast 5-10 years.as a 12 year woodville vet its sad times.

U18B Placings

Forestville 5th

Southern Tigers 7th

Norwood 9th

Sturt 11th

West 13th

Woodville 16th

Care to summarise some of the Classic moments RJ??

well, i am the first to admit when i am wrong. i was absolutely wrong about forestville...5th at the classics is certainly a great achievement, and well done to the team.

Southern tigers came 7th, could of finished top 4 but injuries to Rhino and Phil hurt them badly. Overall they did well for the cicumstances. Forstvill beat them easily, by 15points or more.

Heard that Phil went down in the dying stages of the game against Forestville and that Rhino was only injured late in the cross over game. Therefore, saying that injuries contributed to them not making top 4 is bullshit. Tiger boys always looking for excuses.

Rhino actually pulled up sore after the last pool game & even though he played the cross over game he was not 100%. This certainly hurt their chances at making top 4. Post coital you are right though that Phil went down in the Forestville game.

Dying stages, it was in the second qauter, but hey cant make execuses because two players were injured they are the number one team becaus of their nine players not because of rhino and phil

i agree 'Post coital cigarette'

I watched the forestville and tigers game and from someone who doesnt play for either team, that game was won from the start by forestville. Forestville were all over them and not at one stage did tigers look like they were going to get even close. Only one close i could see making an impact was Hemmings from tigers. Eagles were up by a heap before browny even got injured!

The whole forestville team looked in good form, i predicted they would finish highest of the SA teams and with their performance i thought they could of gone further.

It is obvious that Forestville is a better TEAM then tigers. Hopefully i can watch the next time they face off.

statue,

I think thats being a little harsh. The Tiger boys went all out to get a spot in the top four and had a realistic chance of doing so. A top four result by Forestville would have surprised even them. The Tigers had just come off a very winnable game v Diamond Valley (who made the final) and were obviously a hurt and disappointed unit.

While I totally agree that the Eagles were better on the day I wouldn't write the Tigers off just yet.

And I don't want to be rude but if you had watched the Eagles get totally outclassed by Dandenong earlier in the day you'd agree coming 5th was a terrific result.

Yes RJ but Forestville beat Darbin to get 5th spot and Tigers lost to Darebin and that game was before tigers played Diamond Valley. Forestville played as a team and deserved their placing!!

Yes but, tigers had them on the back foot with one min to go they were up by 6 they ended up making silly mistakes, they were very hurt from both games which could have been easily winnable

Oh sas squat... one minute u say they, Tigers, are a 9 man team, can't make excuses on injuries etc, and oh dear they made mistakes (gee pressure does that and teams CRACK) which cost them a game. Excuse laden.

Could have, would have, should have matters not. End result matters. Let's wait for Winter season finals, it is sure to be a great game no matter what, and a few other teams in U18s will no doubt want to beat Tigers and Eagles!

RJ, u also play the hurt & sorrowful bit... :(
From you on Tigers "If they fall in a hole that confidence may turn around and become this team's worst enemy."
and on Eagles "Plenty of talent; will that be enough." Seemed so from what I saw.

Wouldn't it be funny if both these teams missed the Winter GF after being the best two at Classics!!???

Hugs

lol yeh you have a point RJ maybe i was abit harsh. But losing to Dandenong i mean everyone is going to lose to them... what about woodville! 70 points almost.

And Jojo cheers for telling me about the Darebin game i hadnt heard about that.

Just wondering- will RJ be doing an in-depth write-up for the state teams heading off to perth?

Yeah that would be pretty funny woudnt, too bad ur talking out ur ass and that wouldnt happen, i mean i dont think forestville are gonna mke the GF but if they do good luck to them. Let me remind u when Tigers plyed forestville at morphetvale asnd beat them by over 15

sas squat- get your facts straight- eagles lost by 7 without one of their best player!!

Big deal so did southern when rhino didnt play. what teams on top of the ladder.

sorry i played against the tigers and they weren't impressive. They do not have the height fullstop. The preview at the top said that they had attitude, there attitude was thrown right back in there face with a little bit more. They are arrogant and do not have the skills to back it up. And this rhino kid is extremely short. He was blocked about a thousand times against us

The reason forestville came fifth is simply depth. Tigers have to rely on brown solely to get them scoring. Rhino cant score against anyone taller than six foot and hemmings isn't really any good. Forestville are the best SA met side and the melbourne classic result just proves that.
P.S
Don't try comparing tigers to any VIC met team(the best on ball pressure in australia). Tigers crap themselves with a little bit of pressure

I have to give lots of respect to what should be SA mets god MOLITOR. One of the best players there, i love the kid hes got a jump shot can put it on the floor and has a mad post game. U guys should not be talking up the tigers just him

lol who are ya big bad bruce?

i played against the tigers at classic (We beat them comfortabaly)

Darebin beat them by 8
Diamond Valley beat them by 15
Forestville beat them by 22.

So who are you Bruce?

Hey BRUCY if ur from vic dont come here and run ur mouth, make up ur own bloody forum to say shit about other vic teams. Dont get to up ur self u guys arnt as as good as u think, come here and lpay the SA sides at there home grounds

i will buddy and i'm not trying to put shit on SA teams it's just u guys are talking them up. I dont mind u talking up west adeilade and forestville but not tigers it's like there a god here in SA. And please do not seiously think that ant SA team would stand a chance against a dandenong, nunawading, tigers or diamond valley..that is just a joke

Its hard to believe that sturt are not up there in the top two teams with the bucket load of talent they have. Jormones is very big, but he is also (what alot of people don't give him respect for) a very smart player with good touch around the ring and to about 12 feet out. They do not play great defense which hurt them a bit at classic, they rely on jordie to block everything that comes iinto the key, which he tried to but penatration was what killed them and as RJ said lack of emotion. They would hit a big bucket or get a three point play and the bench wouldn't move and the other players on the court were just happy to watch and mabye clap once.

he doesn't at nationals. He is in the top 5 scorers every year. I'm not sure about SA but at nationals he is deadly from the high post and short corner

big bad bruce- i think u hav found a new love... perhaps u should marry this forum!

perhaps he should make his own thread in Vic and give them shit. PLease man let diamond valley and all of those other teams come down r way and we will play again, maybe a different result or maybe not.

..im thinking not

HAHAHA is this sas squat serious. I dont think ther would be one sa team that would be lucky to finish in the top eight let alone the top four here in vic. And please do not mention rhyno and Jordan dodman names in the same sentence. There is a reason that jordan dodman is an all australian and if you would like to see his stats from nationals he was in the top 10 last time he went. And whats this about rhyno getting up there he cant jump at all....what a joke please people he is not any good

Victoria reign sumpreme? At least South Australian's can spell.

true he is very hard to stop at nats i'm not sure why he can't do it with sturt. He is a very talented big man and that draws a double down even at nats. He normally try to beat the double first at nats though mabye it is a different mind set that he brings to nats

(Mod: Bruce has been temporarily ejected.)

This is supposed to be informative and entertaining. If there are personal attacks like #39896 from Brucey Boy, how about being a man and speak directly, rather than spoil this great forum with your foul language- how is Collingwood going- you would have to be a cheer squad member.

Im more worried about rhyno going under different alias' and talking himself up

I think what bruce is saying is completely right i havn't disagreed with him yet and im from SA

However i do think Forestville deserved a place in the top 8, 5th was probably the highest they could have finished.

Ive seen all the u18 teams play and i think Sturt should have finished a little higher, woodville a little higher and that would pretty much have been the correct result

Thank you so much issac for getting rid of bruce for a while.

wow victoria metro won nationals, and where were SA metro 7th. how suprising

we had a close one wit vic met... only lost by 1

yeah thats right one point SA met under performed a bit though as well, vic met weren't that good even though they won it. NSW C lost it more than VIC M won it

"It is obvious that Forestville is a better TEAM then tigers. Hopefully i can watch the next time they face off.

statue of liberty, 16/06/05"

Did u watch the game sol?
Fvlle won by 17 on Friday night. Was a hard played game in good spirit by both teams. Can't wait for finals to start.

Forestville only had 7 with 2 bigmen out. Big Steve and that guy from darwin. It could have been worse if they played!

Sturt beat Southern two weeks ago. NO Jordan, no Adam, two injuries, two fouled out, 4 left on court, 3 were bottom age and won by 3pts.

Hang on, a regular excuse is coming.......

err we at Tigers had our hair bleached that week, felt tired, had exams, or werent in the mood, but next time watch out when we have a full team!

good onya Sturt!